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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1728 - 1799

Found in 433 Collections and/or Records:

"Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth", 4 June 1782

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/24F
Scope and Contents

Text entitled, 'Abstract of the premium granted by the Linen Board of Ireland for producing alkaline or bleaching salts from materials of Irish growth', dated 4 June 1782. The report contains notes on verso by Joseph Black regarding the use of ferns for ashes.

Dates: 4 June 1782

Accounts, 1792-1797

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/IX
Scope and Contents

1 volume of accounts, largely relating to domestic purchases, with enclosures (1792-1797)

Dates: 1792-1797

Accounts, 1793-1799

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/X
Scope and Contents

1 volume of accounts, largely relating to income, with enclosures (1793-1799)

Dates: 1793-1799

Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black, c 1793-1799

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/V/125-129
Scope and Contents

Autobiographical notes by Professor Joseph Black. Written after 1793 and before his death on 6 December 1799.

Dates: c 1793-1799

Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother , 1 March 1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/106-107F
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter from Captain F to his brother in Edinburgh, dated 1 March 1783. The letter is about rusting of iron bolts in copper bottomed ships, e.g. the Victory. The item contains Joseph Black's draft reply.

Dates: 1 March 1783

Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, 19 February 1785

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/254-261F
Scope and Contents

Copy of specification of James Black's invention for refining sugar, dated 19 February 1785.

Dates: 19 February 1785

Correspondence of Joseph Black I, 1754-1783

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/I
Scope and Contents

Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with James Watt (1736-1819), Lord Kames (1696-1782), James Hope Johnstone (1741-1816) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).

1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1754-1783)

Dates: 1754-1783

Correspondence of Joseph Black II, 1770-1786

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/II
Scope and Contents

Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with George Macintosh (fl1782-1783), Princess Dashkova (1743-1810) and Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell (1744-1816).


1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1770-1786)

Dates: 1770-1786

Correspondence of Joseph Black III, 1785-1793

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/III
Scope and Contents

Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes correspondence with Adam Smith (1723-1790), George Dempster of Dunnichen (1732-1818) and Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808).


1 box of letters and related documents, chronologically arranged with index (1785-1793).

Dates: 1785-1793

Correspondence of Joseph Black IV, 1749-1799

 Series
Identifier: Coll-16/IV
Scope and Contents

Joseph Black corresponded with many people on social and professional matters. This series includes letters from John Walker, Baron de Montesquieu and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier.


32 letters and related documents, mostly chronologically arranged, with index (1749-1786).

Dates: 1749-1799

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Bleaching 8
Social Interaction 7
Assaying 5
Medicine 5
Mineralogical Specimens 5